BUSINESS WIRE DAILY SUMMARY - JAN 8, 2009

1) Category Code: Hardware AMD RELEASES THE DRAGON, DESKTOP PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES USERS WITH SOARING PERFORMANCE FOR LESS THAN $900 USD Empowering consumers to get elite-level computing performance for under $900 U.S. dollars,2 AMD (NYSE:AMD) today launched Dragon platform technology for desktop PCs featuring the new AMD Phenom II X4 processor. Even the most demanding users such as enthusiasts and high-end gamers desire affordable systems capable of delivering HD entertainment, graphic-intensive game play at the highest settings their monitors can handle, as well as quick and easy transfer of video entertainment to and from mobile devices. Dragon platform technology provides the power to do it all by combining AMD's highest-performing CPU, the AMD Phenom II X4 processor, with award winning ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series graphics and AMD 7-Series chipsets. And it's offered at an incredible value with Dragon-based systems available for up to $1,200 U.S. dollars less than competing systems that deliver comparable performance.1 2) Category Code: Air LAKE AIRCRAFT ASSETS OFFERED FOR SALE fter 35 years of ownership, Revo Inc. is offering for sale the assets of Lake Aircraft, the only FAA-certified single-engine amphibious airplane produced in the world. The offering includes all of the intellectual property and equipment needed to manufacture the Lake Renegade, Seafury and Seawolf airplanes. 3) Category Code: Retail INTERTEK ACQUIRES PORST & PARTNER GMBH (GERMANY) TO EXPAND CHEMICAL, TEXTILE AND TOY TESTING SERVICES IN EUROPE Intertek, a leading international provider of quality and services to a wide range of industries, today announced its acquisition of Porst & Partner GmbH, located in Frth near Nrnberg in Bavaria, Germany. Porst & Partner is a highly recognised laboratory providing consumer product testing, environmental analyses, food analyses and microbiology. Porst & Partner is also a well-known provider of engineering services including evaluation and renovation of abandoned and contaminated industrial sites. Intertek has been in close and successful collaboration on various business projects with Porst & Partner since 2005.

4) Category Code: Retail INTERTEK ACQUIRES RQA'S FOOD FACILITY AUDITING OPERATIONS TO ENHANCE FOOD SERVICES GLOBALLY Intertek, a leading international provider of quality and services to a wide range of industries, today announced its acquisition of the food facility auditing operations of RQA, Inc. (RQA), a global leader in strategic product development, quality assurance, crisis management and recall services for consumer products.

5) Category Code: Finance PCG ASSET MANAGEMENT OPENS SINGAPORE OFFICE PCG Asset Management (PCG AM), a leading private equity asset management and advisory firm, announced today the opening of its Singapore office.

6) Category Code: Fitness & Nutrition ORGANIC ALLIANCE COMPLETES THE ACQUISITION OF AVOCADOMAN BRAND. IN 2007, THE AVOCADOMAN BRAND GENERATED $12,000,000 IN TOP LINE REVENUE AND HAS TRACKED TWICE THAT RATE IN 2008 Organic Alliance just received a future revenue windfall from ongoing shortages of Avocados grown in California and Chile, primarily caused by weather conditions (Packer - Dec. 17, 2008). This article indicated that California production will be the lowest in two decades. Chile is projected to be down 40%. These shortages will allow the AvocadoMan rollout in the US and other markets to fill the Avocado shortfall from AvocadoMan's ample Mexican avocado supplies.

7) Category Code: Audio/Video MAJOR HOLLYWOOD STUDIO ENDORSES SILICON IMAGE'S NEW LIQUIDPLAY CONTENT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIMG), a leader in semiconductors and intellectual property for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, today announced that the Fox Group has endorsed LiquidPlay, a new digital security technology introduced by Silicon Image. As a key feature of Silicon Image's new LiquidHD personal entertainment technology, LiquidPlay content protection allows consumers to enjoy their purchased or rented digital multi-media content on any of their LiquidHD-enabled consumer electronics devices, in the home or on the go. 8) Category Code: Audio/Video SILICON IMAGE INTRODUCES LIQUIDHD TECHNOLOGY Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIMG), a leader in semiconductors and intellectual property for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, today introduced LiquidHD, a new personal entertainment technology designed to quickly and easily connect TVs, consumer electronics (CE) devices, personal computers (PCs), portable media devices (PMDs) and home theaters into a seamless network where consumers can enjoy digital content from any source device on any LiquidHD-enabled display in the home. 9) Category Code: Hardware SILICON IMAGE WINS EMMY AWARD FOR HDMI TECHNOLOGY Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMG), a leader in semiconductors and intellectual property for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, today announced that it has been honored with the Technology & Engineering Emmy Award by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for its contribution to the development and implementation of the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) technology standard. Silicon Image was presented with the award at the 60th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Award ceremony at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 7, 2009. 10) Category Code: Hardware SILICON IMAGE INTRODUCES THE FIRST LIQUIDHD DISPLAY PROCESSOR Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIMG), a leader in semiconductors and intellectual property for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition (HD) content, today introduced the SiI6100 HD display processor, the world's first device supporting the newly introduced Silicon Image LiquidHD technology. LiquidHD is the new personal entertainment technology designed to quickly and easily connect TVs, consumer electronics (CE) devices, personal computers (PCs), portable media devices (PMDs) and home theaters into a seamless network where consumers can enjoy digital content from any source device on any LiquidHD-enabled display in the home. 11) Category Code: Software APLICOR NAMED 2008 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD BY TMC LABS Aplicor, Inc., a global software manufacturer of on-demand CRM and ERP business software solutions, today announced that the company's CRM and ERP software application was named the 2008 Product of the Year by TMC Labs and Communications Solutions magazine. 12) Category Code: Infectious Diseases FIRST CANDIDATE FROM SCYNEXIS' NOVEL CYCLOPHILIN INHIBITOR PLATFORM, SCY-635, ESTABLISHES PROOF OF CONCEPT IN HCV-INFECTED ADULTS Drug discovery company, SCYNEXIS, Inc., today announced top-line results from a Phase 1b randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of its lead oral antiviral drug candidate, SCY-635, in adult patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Treatment with SCY-635 was well tolerated and produced a clinically relevant reduction in plasma HCV RNA. Full results of the study will be presented in 2009. SCY-635, a cyclophilin inhibitor, represents a new class of drugs for the treatment of HCV infection and is the first candidate from a broad platform of proprietary cyclophilin inhibitors developed by SCYNEXIS. 13) Category Code: Entertainment CYBERLINK TO DEMONSTRATE POWERDVD WITH MICROSOFT AT CES 2009 CyberLink Corporation (TSE:5203.TW) is pleased to announce that PowerDVD will be utilized by Microsoft Corp. in a demonstration of their newest version of Windows Media Center, for Windows 7. This demo will be shown in the Microsoft booth (7144), in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Additional demonstrations of the forthcoming version of PowerDVD will be available to PC and Consumer Electronic manufacturers and members of the press by appointment, in CyberLink's private suite in the Hilton Hotel.

14) Category Code: Audio/Video LIGHT BLUE OPTICS DEMONSTRATES SMALLER, BRIGHTER MINIATURE PROJECTION SYSTEMS AT CES 09 Light Blue Optics (LBO) today announced it will demonstrate its latest miniature projection systems to key customers and strategic partners at the International Consumer Electronics Show, 8 - 11 Jan (CES 09). The systems demonstrate a unique range of features and enable new use-case scenarios for hand-held accessory pico projectors. The Company plans to make its first product release to OEM customers in the second half of 2009. 15) Category Code: Telecommunications ORBCOMM ANNOUNCES FIRST GLOBAL AIS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, today announced that it has completed a global AIS distribution agreement for commercial purposes with Lloyd's Register - Fairplay (LRF). 16) Category Code: Marketing MSC MALAYSIA EMBARKS ON AN OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Multimedia Development Corporation announced that it has launched an international media campaign called 'Best of All Worlds,' with Cuzzy Media. In this campaign, MSC MALAYSIA will showcase the progress of foreign direct investment in Malaysia, and why it is one of the world's top ranked Offshore Outsourcing locations. 17) Category Code: Retail OFFICE DEPOT AND M.H. ALSHAYA CO. SIGN FRANCHISE AGREEMENT Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, together with M.H. Alshaya Co. (Alshaya), an international retailer operating over 40 international franchise brands throughout the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Russia, have concluded an agreement to sell office products and services under the Office Depot name. Under the agreement, Alshaya will be granted the franchise rights for all channels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Qatar and Oman. The first four retail store locations are scheduled to open in 2009 in Kuwait City and Dubai. 18) Category Code: Hardware FIRST VERSION OF SKYPE NOW AVAILABLE FOR INTEL-BASED MOBILE INTERNET DEVICES Skype today announced the availability of Skype 1.0 Beta for Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). This new version of Skype software is the result of working with Intel Corporation to develop a new mobile Skype experience for MIDs based on the Intel Atom processor and Moblin-based Linux OS (www.moblin.org). 19) Category Code: Networks SKYPE LAUNCHES ON ANDROID PLATFORM AND MORE THAN 100 JAVA-ENABLED MOBILE PHONES Skype today announced the release of a lite version of Skype, a 'thin' client for Skype that can be downloaded on Android-powered devices, as well as more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones. 20) Category Code: Retail SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES DEBUTS SERVPOINT FAMILY OF KIOSKS Source Technologies, a provider of award-winning kiosk solutions, today announced the launch of the ServPoint family of self-service kiosks. The ServPoint family offers a wide range of touch screen, interactive self-service kiosks designed for a variety of applications within retail, healthcare, education, and other environments. These kiosk solutions come in a variety of sizes ranging from 7.5 to 19 and offer an assortment of peripheral options, a range of processor speeds, and a modular design platform. The ServPoint family combines flexibility in configuration with integrated options that can be easily added or removed as application requirements evolve or change. 21) Category Code: Audio/Video HARMAN INTERNATIONAL NAMES LAKSHMINARAYAN AS HEAD OF INDIA OPERATIONS Harman International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE: HAR) announced today that Lakshminarayan will join the Company on January 15, 2009 as President and Country Manager of India operations. He will be based in Bangalore and report directly to the Chairman and CEO of Harman International. 22) Category Code: Hardware AUVITEK EXPANDS LINE OF DTMB RECEIVER ICS WITH 5 NEW PRODUCTS, TO OFFER THE WIDEST RANGE OF GB20600-2006 COMPLIANT DEMODULATOR SOLUTIONS Building on the successful 2008 launch of its flagship AU8822 DTMB+PAL channel decoder, Auvitek today announced the introduction of 5 new ICs to expand its offerings to address all segments of the China terrestrial broadcast receiver market. With the addition of the AU8800, AU8810, AU8820, AU8824, and AU8828 parts to its DTMB product family, Auvitek now offers the broadest range of parts tailored to minimize cost and system BoM in specific DTMB applications, whilst continuing to deliver performance in excess of the standard and outstanding reception of all digital and analogue TV broadcast signals.